Partnership between Facebook and police could make planning protests impossible

[Vod]

It is easy for anyone to create a website like facebook, but not all of us

So why don't you create one, instead of the piece of shit website you have now?

[Ecurb123]

This is bad business for Facebook.

Facebook is bad business.

the truth, I'm about ready to pretty much stop using that site.

[Wilikon]

This is bad business for Facebook.

Facebook is bad business.

the truth, I'm about ready to pretty much stop using that site.

sometimes the best way to be invisible is to be right in the middle of things.

[beetcoin]

facebook is a dumb social networking site. i'm beginning to think that it exists to make people dumber and dumber. every day i see people checking out each others pages to see what they had for lunch, or stupid chatter about inane subjects. it makes me feel more and more cynical about human society.

and to make things worse, facebook just sits there collecting all of his data on people.. people who give it willingly because they want to be popular or snoop on their friends.

[PrintMule]

facebook is a dumb social networking site. i'm beginning to think that it exists to make people dumber and dumber. every day i see people checking out each others pages to see what they had for lunch, or stupid chatter about inane subjects. it makes me feel more and more cynical about human society.

and to make things worse, facebook just sits there collecting all of his data on people.. people who give it willingly because they want to be popular or snoop on their friends.

For me the worst thing is that some sites required you to have facebook login, like some games give you extra stuff for liking their page. Also some people or groups of people do not have a site, only a facebook group to promote them.

I can only show them a midle finger, but my abstinence from facebook changes nothing. I would love o see it rot away, investors looking away from it.

Also with google+ raping youtube recently... ffffuuuuuuuuu!

Fuck this social media bullshit!

[Lethn]

Fuck this social media bullshit!

It is actually becoming pretty irritating the way people are trying to shove 'social' networking down my throat when a lot of the time the reason you go on a computer is exactly to avoid people ffs, stuff like rockstar social club and steam etc. is something I don't get particularly as well because a lot of singleplayer games are now pestering you to go and pester other friends while they're playing, I always turn off the social features now because it just means you end up getting spammed while you're playing.

[PrintMule]

Fuck this social media bullshit!

It is actually becoming pretty irritating the way people are trying to shove 'social' networking down my throat when a lot of the time the reason you go on a computer is exactly to avoid people ffs, stuff like rockstar social club and steam etc. is something I don't get particularly as well because a lot of singleplayer games are now pestering you to go and pester other friends while they're playing, I always turn off the social features now because it just means you end up getting spammed while you're playing.

South Park had a great episode on this. You have 0 friends

I hear you about singleplayer and other games, it's annoying as hell, and every company has to have it's own version of instant messaging and voice messaging and other stuff. uPlay from Ubisoft, that other turd system which is needed to play battlefield from EA and so on.
Steam is kinda ok I guess, they are well established in that field, but I hate it and rarely install it (once a year for less than a month)

[ajax3592]

This link is foxnews safe... 

http://rt.com/usa/facebook-police-social-lipp-743/

A partnership between police departments and social media sites discussed at a convention in Philadelphia this week could allow law enforcement to keep anything deemed criminal off the Internet—and even stop people from organizing protests.

A high-ranking official from the Chicago Police Department told attendees at a law enforcement conference on Monday that his agency has been working with a security chief at Facebook to block certain users from the site “if it is determined they have posted what is deemed criminal content,” reports Kenneth Lipp, an independent journalist who attended the lecture.

Lipp reported throughout the week from the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, and now says that a speaker during one of the presentations suggested that a relationship exists between law enforcement and social media that that could be considered a form of censorship.

According to Lipp, the unnamed CPD officer said specifically that his agency was working with Facebook to block users’ by their individual account, IP address or device, such as a cell phone or computer.

They already have shared all the account details with capitalists in USA in exchange for multi-million $$.
Tie-up with police is not a big thing for them

[hlynur]

funnily there was a facebook thread on OT board some days ago.
i don't like quoting myself, but this time it's fitting and i don't have to rewrite my post (sorry for my narcissim)

never been on facebook and never will be.

i don't get it how people voluntarily share their personal info/habits with a private company solely concentrated on profit maximization while ranting on observation policies by authorities.
facebook is the perfect way to centralise a big chunk of web's userbase and hand it to the highest bidder on a silver platter (no matter if its marketing analysts or authorities)

i see bigger social networks as an attempt to disrupt free speech in the web and squeeze users into a small, well-observed and analyzed drawer system.
What was one big purpose of religion again....control of the masses....this is the same thing in action in the virtual world.

next step would be control of the information channels flowing into that network.


exaggerating here but how would it feel sharing the affection of cancer in such a network to your loved ones and suddenly getting advertising for expensive treatments and funeral services.
 
There's no sense in providing big companies with useful marketing data free of charge.
instead facebook should pay users for registration.

don't get me wrong, facebook probably helped a lot during the arab spring to connect and rally the masses, but in the future western authorities know exactly where to put the thumbscrews when facing uprisings by society.
The ongoing observation of these networks makes it very easy to see early disruptive developments and take measures against escalation.

Like every technological development, there's always two sides.

[Lauda]

Not sure why you are even discussing this.
Stop using facebook already.

[C10H15N]

You do not use Facebook, Facebook uses you.

You may think you are the user, you are actually the product.

[Lauda]

You do not use Facebook, Facebook uses you.

You may think you are the user, you are actually the product.

Couldn't have said it better.

[Taras]

Also

That was me in 2003.

[cdtc]

This is the real reason why facebook was created in the first
place so the government and its agencies could spy on us.
They want to take our liberty by taking control of every aspect of our lives.

[Mike Christ]

This is the real reason why facebook was created in the first
place so the government and its agencies could spy on us.

This doesn't seem likely; I believe the opportunity presented itself only after people started giving up private info on a public site, and then there was an idea for abuse.  Everything about Facebook is still voluntary, so nobody but folks who choose to use it are to blame if their private info gets out.

Aren't social websites like that just creepy tho?  Surely people have better things to do in their free time, but apparently not

[cdtc]

This is the real reason why facebook was created in the first
place so the government and its agencies could spy on us.

This doesn't seem likely; I believe the opportunity presented itself only after people started giving up private info on a public site, and then there was an idea for abuse.  Everything about Facebook is still voluntary, so nobody but folks who choose to use it are to blame if their private info gets out.

Aren't social websites like that just creepy tho?  Surely people have better things to do in their free time, but apparently not

Maybe you are  partially right, but this is a great opportunity for them to test the public and see how are
they gonna react about giving their personal info and losing their privacy and by that you lose part of your freedom.
Which is very beneficial to them, because less freedom means more control and that's what they essentially want.
Sorry if I am little unclear but english is not my first language.

[Mike Christ]

This is the real reason why facebook was created in the first
place so the government and its agencies could spy on us.

This doesn't seem likely; I believe the opportunity presented itself only after people started giving up private info on a public site, and then there was an idea for abuse.  Everything about Facebook is still voluntary, so nobody but folks who choose to use it are to blame if their private info gets out.

Aren't social websites like that just creepy tho?  Surely people have better things to do in their free time, but apparently not

Maybe you are  partially right, but this is a great opportunity for them to test the public and see how are
they gonna react about giving their personal info and losing their privacy and by that you lose part of your freedom.
Which is very beneficial to them, because less freedom means more control and that's what they essentially want.
Sorry if I am little unclear but english is not my first language.

Yes, I believe you're right; much of what is happening today is a test to see how much can be gotten away with.  For example, the horrendous failures of Obamacare doesn't have people rioting in the street; people seem to be upset but they're going to take the 100$ fee or the loss of their initial health care plans, but they're not bothered enough to take action.  If the state can get away with what's happening with the NSA, what's happening with healthcare butchery, what's happening with provoking endless war, without the people who fund all of this to happen getting up in arms about it, which they haven't been, then we're going to continue to inch toward totalitarianism.  Right now they're making private agreements to impose harsh censorship and penalties for Internet usage, and they will get away with it knowing nobody is going to do anything about it.

For example, if I stole from you $50 and you didn't stop me or tell anyone, I'll continue to take from you, since there are no negative repercussions for my actions.  It's the same concept, just on a grander scale.

[cdtc]

I completely agree with all you have sad,
their plan of action is to kill peoples will to protest by taking
small steps toward their real goal to achieve complete control over people like you see in those
many dystopian movies. Because if they take drastic measures people are gonna
react but if they implement their goals step by step people are not gonna
react, they are gonna say, hey maybe a 100$ is not that much so why I would react.
That is pretty much it whats going on.
And to avoid total loss of freedom people
are gonna have to wake up  and raise their level of consciousness and oppress  the
current global trend that is slowly making us modern slaves.

[Mike Christ]

I completely agree with all you have sad,
their plan of action is to kill peoples will to protest by taking
small steps toward their real goal to achieve complete control over people like you see in those
many dystopian movies. Because if they take drastic measures people are gonna
react but if they implement their goals step by step people are not gonna
react, they are gonna say, hey maybe a 100$ is not that much so why I would react.
That is pretty much it whats going on.
And to avoid total loss of freedom people
are gonna have to wake up  and raise their level of consciousness and oppress  the
current global trend that is slowly making us modern slaves.

I'm afraid we already are debt slaves; however I believe you are correct, the only way to reverse this process, if it can be reversed (I only say this because it has never happened with history's past empires), is in attempts to make people realize the gravity of the situation we're in and how it can be stopped; accept no amount of hypocrisy, spread the virtue of rationalism, let no one shut you up, and remain prudent.

Keep fighting the good fight

[cdtc]

I am glad to see that there are more people who are
able to see whats really going on.
I will, because if the cause is good you should never stop fighting.